Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Twin Cities Area
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

